I completely agree, Erick. Although I wouldn’t mind watching this, our safety is more important.

If you do this …i promise to start defending you again…

I promise…mbecker will have a personal troll in me….I will follow him around and remind him you did this……everyday….

Come on Bush!….show us some Huevos Rancheros…

I thought the same exact thing (blanket pardon everyone) as I read the diary which had the Obama Stephanopulous interview earlier. Question- Since Gates is staying on, would a blanket pardon mute him prior to Jan. 20th?

It would be great and that is why he won’t do it. He has lost all the intestinal fortitude he ever had. He has a chance to save and protect our heroes and future operations to protect the country and my bet is he’ll pass out of that misguided and dangerous urge to play nice that he has.

His ultimate legacy may actually be making this country more vulnerable. We would not have Obama now if Bush had led this country and his party correctly – I believe this. I pray I’m wrong but I doubt it.

on closing Gitmo –

“It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize,” the president-elect explained.

Can the profanity button be turned off on this subject? Please!

Is he really natural-born American?
Is he really a Slim Shady of Chicago Dirty Corrupt Politics?
…
Did he really do it with Sinclair?

and so on….

GOP can also lists hundreds of investigations vs. Obama to match his investigation of the Bush administration. If Obama wants his 1st year in WH is to be highly divisive, this kind of insinuation/threat (i.e., investigation of “Bush Admin crimes” is the best way to start.

To Obama Advisers and chuchuwawa:

1. Tell your boss that the election is over and he won the election. His main responsibilities now are economy and national security….it’s time for him to stop his political bruhaha…. IT’S TOO EARLY FOR OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN RHETORIC IN 2012!

2. And besides, can’t Obama find a new fall guy besides Pres. Bush? pleaseee. Somehow, his promise of “unity” with Rs/Cs is just an insulting platitude!!

BDS types have been calling for investigations for almost eight years now. When you investigate a matter in public there is the problem of proof. First you must prove what has been done and how the act is in violation of actual law not some BDS’s wishfull thinking. I would love to see a televised investigation where the Democrats must “plead and prove” an illegal act.

BDS types have been calling for investigations for almost eight years now. When you investigate a matter in public there is the problem of proof. First you must prove what has been done and how the act is in violation of actual law not some BDS’s wishfull thinking. I would love to see a televised investigation where the Democrats must “plead and prove” an illegal act.

if President Bush does something along the lines being argued for.
However, a “Blanket Pardon” would be, IMO, a mistake, of epic proportion.
For a huge number of legal reasons, it would call into question the entire Constitutional issue of the President being empowered to issue pardons, without any review at all. THAT would be a very bad thing, and precisely the kind of thing that the left would seize upon to seek to change that power. And, while I realize it would take a Constitutional Amendment to do it, I honestly believe that it could made to happen. (Before anyone pooh-pooh’s the idea, who would have believed 36 months ago, that we would be 9 days away from President Barack Hussein Obama? Underestimating the left, and the power of the MSM to ‘influence’ the outcome is a big part of why “we” lost.)
Secondly a “Blanket Pardon”, worded as some have suggested to excuse everyone associated with the WOT during this Administration would, by definition, pardon some who have actually done wrong. And I don’t mean just the ‘legal’ wrong. Can’t you see every lawyer in the country suddenly looking to connect their clients actions, regardless of employment, to the WOT?
BTW, wouldn’t it be pretty easy to conclude that Border Patrol Agents are actually involved in the WOT, and thus a couple of men who the President has refused to pardon so far, are covered under a blanket? (And No, I am NOT saying that they don’t deserve a pardon, just that is serves as an example, IMO, of what a “Blanket Pardon” might bring about.)
I guess a small part of me is hoping against hope that the President IS doing something to protect the people in/during his Administration who have, in good faith, done their best to keep me, mine and the rest of us, safe for the last seven years. Hoping against hope, because if he is, it has been one very well kept secret thus far.

As the liberals are so fond of saying the inverse lately, somebody needs to remind Obama that he won the election, and he needs to get over it. The campaign is over, you won because the political moderates sided with you, and you need to govern as such. This was no sweeping win for liberalism, no great triumph for liberal-kind. Lead from that point, not from a place that still only exists in your head. I’ve heard it said that there are three rules of History, and one of them is “never humiliate the enemy” no matter what else you do, because “as sure as God made little green apples” it will come back to bite you, hard.* You and your party are already pushing that line with the repeal of the fairness rules in the House. Bringing criminal charges against members of the Bush administration will only cause Republicans to circle the wagons, and play their dirtiest. After all, we have little left to lose.

While I’m uncomfortable with the idea of blanket pardons (some people may actually have done things that deserve punishment, and it is hard to distinguish) as a matter of personal perspective, in this case it is merited if Obama insists on maintaining this political brinkmanship. The prosecution of any individual should NEVER be political motivated. That goes against the very idea of American justice. It doesn’t matter if the President or a local prosecutor is the source, it is never right, and should never be done. You cannot play with people’s lives for your political gain, Mr. Obama.

* This rule of History applies to politics as well, see Ronald Reagan, and no doubt see Sarah Palin in 4-8 years.

Allow me to correct myself…

What I said: “While I’m uncomfortable with the idea of blanket pardons (some people may actually have done things that deserve punishment, and it is hard to distinguish) as a matter of personal perspective, in this case it is merited if Obama insists on maintaining this political brinkmanship.”

What I meant to say: “I’m uncomfortable with the idea of blanket pardons (some people may actually have done things that deserve punishment, and it is hard to distinguish) as a matter of personal perspective, there is a case for carefully tailored pardons to protect individuals who acted in good faith, especially if Obama insists on maintaining this political brinkmanship.”

Blanket pardons would not be an ideal solution, for many reasons, most of which discussed in USNJIMRET’s post above mine.

If Bush is the first president to do this, he sure as heck won’t be the last.

It’ll result in revolution.

He sure as heck hasn’t done anything for the country in the last couple of years.

There have been continuous witch hunts by the Socialists since they got the congress. Don’t expect that to change, unless you believe that habitual liar Reed-Pelosi about bipartisianhip!? (What’s that ? Repubs caving to socialists)

Regards

would state emphatically that the Bush administration was engaged in wrong doing. It should not be done.

He should, however, pardon Scoter Libby, with a blistering and accusatory statement regarding Fitzgerald, Wilson, and Colin Powell.

No, Obama won’t rule out investigating “crimes” by the Bush Administration. But it isn’t because he’s leaving that door open to do so; it’s because he’s afraid to make a declarative statement. Every time in the past 18 months that he actually stood up and took a position on something, he has had to recant – generally within about 72 hours.

   I think that Obama, knowing his legislative record, will stand back and let the Reid-Pelosi Congress do all the dirty work.  As we know, all they ever did in the past two years was investigate, investigate, investigate, (ad nauseum) etc.